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ARNOLD WILKINSON, QF' PROVIDENCE; RHODE ISLAND.

MACHINE 'FOR'POLISHINGIRONHANfBBtASS FOB? MTETALLIQLIWEAVERS REEDS. I

Speciatioujof 'Letters Patent"No. 14, datedv August `'31; 1886.*

feety eight :inches high; It'Lis .madefoflhhrd pine, oraashscantlng sixinches b'y two, andb three fourthA inches tl.1iclk}l Betweenthetwoi wheels Q," Q, and b'ench A there areitwo girts. bolted to, the two sidez piecesrto keepg the f frame. together. Thereare fourglegs ,to the. frame fastenedy :on with .j oint bolts'. and at thebottom vof thetlegs is,api e1ce ofscanfY tling., framed into them to .keep .the frame steady. The bench A', A, is twoifeet'feight inches longgand fourteen incheswidegand uponl thisare. all ithefoperations lperformed in, polishing ,wire.

A', is a pieceoffcast iron, six inch'esingdi ameter, and half an.irlhithic'k Wli-avnak projectingthrough the .,bench, three inches inches .,in. diameter `.to receiveithe @cy-linden; or pin, on the bottom,1 of .the...other Ypartsoff'the apparatus as they:1 are 'f successivel f placed on thebench-to be .used'takeeprthemsteadyg ,The wheels'- .,Q. .Qg .are thirty., one1ir1uhesfV diameter, the` rims.: 'are-made of wooda', cherry ortbirch'- wlljanswer, aitwoiandahalf inches thic'lg and fourv and thi-ieefourth inches. fwide, two@ scores. are. turned." out l in each rim, onefr the wireth-ree ,ineheswidg and. three fourths of ,an-inchideep, :the other.k for ,the friction, band. .llalfan inclfmdeepl and one fourth of an; (inch wide'. The friction bands and. .weights Vare represented by at, u',

u, u, the object-.of fthe, friction fbanld is'to keep the discharging. wheeljv from overrun-f ning, when the receiving -wheelpis stopped,

and vkeep. thewire tight ,ingoing thnough the. severalf operationsl in polishing,... The spokes, and hubs of these wheels are cast iron the arborspassing through theghubs are each twenty twoV inches` lon'g,vand"one inch in diameten OnV the arbor, andspokes ofeaeh.wheel-therejs a' motion calledj the l.of Ahand.

su'n,gand planet;` motion-,which causes each" `wheelfto' vibrate:,when` acting as the receivlggwheels; S0. as .t0 SPlTead the Wre'on tha zum; rrpt-leseparis are-mcommon use, those `that follow' 'I claimf as my invention. v, fu, are two',y frames each vtwenty two inches lwideaini the'clear, byfteenf inches in theV clear; madefof th'e' samel sized scantling as'V thje frame-O', O; and bolted to that Vframe* on.

one gside 'g so 'that theV middlel ofone of them,

is' @opposite toy thecenter offone of the wheels .QQ 'gland' the 'middle of the otherpp'posite thef wcenter 1j of "fthe other; lThe arbor P, Pf Mifrill'ysaw @might and losefpullysi setontheseframes u, 0,1 as. shownin the.

dawingytlfearbors are-"coupledfto the' arv hors-of 'thefwheel QQ Q, to operate themachinQtl'ebelt IS, S1, AS,'arej slid on the pulleys ma@byth'elevers t, ,a'lternately asthe -wire has passed'from one wheel to theother. The wheel "whichs is the receiving wheel v'lfor the time being always has the"b'elt"o n"the :tight pulley, and thewheel which is the discharge in'glwheel for the. time being turns theY same way with th'etother,l with' itsbelt on tleloose' pulley. The obj ect of this` 'improvement is toV operate the 'machineryy lay-[power instead.

Figg 2:"'represents lthe gouge, andv frame thattholds it." u, isa-cylindei-or pin onje andra half inclr in diameter and 1three Ainches ln'gj witha.iiatto "jive and ashalf ,inches in diameter, andh'alfan inch'4 thicliwliichfis fastenedtothe underside of the bottom'of the gouge frame is vtwo. inches wide 'half' an' inch thick, and nine linches long: The side f; isftriangiular as.. shown inthedra-wing; and'sta-nds on; one edge.ofthebottoni.4 Both are of=`cast"iron*, castinajsingle-piece, b; is the l'g'pug'e made of ,steelh'eld Lonthe'side'lin ai, position corresponding with" its'npper. edge, between tlfeseyprojections castv` on the face of V"the'si`de',tw.0 ,ofj'tlrese` proj ections? are in 'a linean`d*th'e thirdf'soffaI-*below the line that-the gou-ge" rests upon it under-'the others, through, the projection-` nearthe point ofthe gouge is a" screw; G, which"v presses the 'point of @the `gouge. upon the *wir-e." The'- gouge 4vis a littlelonger Vthan the side f' ofthe frame, and half fanin'chsquare Vinore "or-less.; Along its undersideJY isi' ai. groove cut in; itXA 4of*i the sizev andlshape required in the wire the lower end isground oiflbevelingjtoaii@ edge, C, .is the-gougelblock, this'madei ofsome hard metal," and is lfastened to the upperffsurl|- facegof thegbottom of the gouge'framer shallow groove is cut in the upper surface of this block through which the wire passes under the screw a, before it reaches the gouge, the groove is about the width of the wire, the screw d passes through a stand and arm on the bottom of the gouge frame, the part of the gougel block over which the wire passes after going' under this screw is Va raised lip formed by cutting away the sides of the gouge block, the top, and sides of which are on lines with the bottom, and sides of the preceding groove, the groove in the under surface of the gouge sets over this lip, and the wire passes along on the lip under the edge of the gouge. When the gouge is to be used the cylinder or pin A, in Fig. 2, is placed in a, in Fig. l, on the bench A, A, the wire from the discharging, is drawn by the receiving wheel, along the groove in the gouge block, C, under the screw d, along on the lip of the gouge block, under the edge of the gouge b, into the receiving wheel, motion being given to that wheel by the belt. The wire passes repeatedly from wheel to wheel under the edge of the gouge, until the proper shape is given to it. This labor was formerly performed by hand, the workman holding an instrument answering the purpose of the gouge, or a piece of lead for the gouge block.

Fig. 3, represents the filing apparatus, X, X, are the bed pieces of the frame each of which is five inches wide and thirty-two inches long, and one inch thick, they are placed one and a half inches apart side by side; seven bars are placed across the bed pieces, four inches apart, and screwed to the bed pieces, these are one inch broad, three 'fourths of an inch thick, the spring guides h, It, it, it, z., h, are fastened to these bars, their object is to hold the wire in its proper place. fw, fw, fw, lw, fw, lw, are blocks of wood five inches long, four inches wide, and one inch thick, these are screwed on one of the bed pieces, between the bars g, g, g, g, g, g, are pieces of wood four inches long, and one and a half inches thick which are fastened to the blocks fw, fw, fw, fw, fw, w, other blocks similar in shape, and size to the blocks w, w, fw, w, w, lw, are placed on the other bed pieces, and between the bars, these are not fastened to the bed piece, but may be moved back and forward toward fw, w, fw, fw, fw, fw, being kept in their places between the barslby the bar 1, which extends across them in a line with the bed'piece being fastened to the other bars on the ends of theselast named blocks nearest g, g, g, g, g, g, are other blocks fastened similar to g, g, g, g, g, g, the faces or sides of the blocks g, g, g, g, g, g, and the blocks described as similar to them are cut at di'erent angles so as to fit against each other, and at the same time to bear upon the sides, edges, and corners of the wire as it passes between them.1 Upon these faces or sides common Hoat files the length of the blocks are fastened, and the blocks-themselves are held against each other by a spiral spring', z', on each pair one end of each is fastened to one and the other end when in use hooks onto a pin, on the other block 7L, 7L, il., It, L, t, are spring guides, one of these lies lengthwise on each of the bars, the outer end being fastened thereto. They are each in two pieces which lie one on the other, theV upper piece is fastened to the lower at its outer end, and the inner ends are over one another, the lower part is six inches long, threefourths of an inch wide, and one-sixteenth of an inch thick, the upper part is of the same width, and thickness, but only three-fourths of an inch long, the wire is held between these two parts of each spring. Each spring is raised, and lowered slit 7plecasure by the adjusting screws 7c, le, 7c, G7 7 In using this part of the apparatus it is placed upon the bench A, A, Fig; l. The wire from the discharging wheel is passed between the two parts of each of the springs k, h, L, 7L, L, L,*1 and between the files, the spiral springs on the blocks g, g, g, g, gi, g, are fastened on the pins, the receiving wheel being then put in motion the wire in passing from the one wheel to the other is acted upon by the files on its sides, edges, and corners by one and the same operation, this continued until the wire is prepared for the emery blocks.

Fig. 4, represents the emery blocks, to 'finish the wire for use. The frame which holds these blocks, is similary to the one Awhich holds the file blocks last described. The bed pieces Y, Y, are of same width, length, and thickness, the bars a, e, a, e, z, a, six in number are placed six inches apart, a wider space being left between the two middle bars, spring guides, similar to the spring guides h, l1., h, h, h, it, h, in Fig. 3, are placed on the bars for the same use. Between each pairv of the bars are placed two blocks m, m, m, m, m, m, of whitepine reaching from bar to bar, two inches wide, and three-fourths of an inch thick, each pair of these blocks are heldtogether by a pair of hinges at the back which allows them to be opened and shut on the wire, when closed they areprevented from opening by spiral springs similar to those used on the file blocks in Fig. 3. The faces or sides of these blocks where they come together are covered with emery glued on.' Upon the middle pair of these blocks is placed a weight V. These blocks are not fastened to Athe-bed pieces or bars, but are removable at pleasure. In using this part of the apparatus, the frame is placed on the bench A, A, Fig. 1. The wire from the discharging wheelA is passed between the two parts of the springs representedA in Fig. 3,

rby h, z, 7L, h, 7L, 7b, h, and between eachpair of the blocks, m, m, m, m, m, which are open for the purpose of reoeiving it. The blocks are then shut on the Wire and held together by the spiral springs, and the Weight V, and being adjusted so as to bear upon the sides, edges, and corners of the Wire, the receiving Wheel is put in motion, and the Wire is passing repeatedly from one Wheel to the other, is polished, and filled for use, this operation was heretofore performed by hand, the Workman repeatedly drawing. the Wire through sand-paper held in his hand.

I claim as my invention-d 1. That part of Fig. l, before specifically mentioned as my invention, by Which the Whole apparatus may in turn be operated by the form aforespeoified, but of diferent ma- Y terials; or by Variations in the sizes, and shapes of the diiferent parts. The materials, and sizes Which I have given, I have found by experience to be sufcient for the purpose.

i yARNOLD WILKINSON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. STAPLES, JOHN B. SNOW. 

